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JAMES BURKE, OF ERKE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO BURKE ELECTRIC COMPANY, A. CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

ALTEBNA'IING-CUBB ENT MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 11, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, JAMEs BURKE, a citizen of the United States. residin at Erie, in the county of Erie and State 0 Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Alternatingcurrent Motors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to alternating current motors of the single phase commutator type and is especially applicable to the series is pe.

The main object of my invention is the production of a motor of this type which will be efiicicnt in starting and running qualities, of good power factor, and operate without objectionable sparking under all conditions. By reason of the various electromagnetic actions and interactions occurring in the series type of alternating current motor which do not occur when direct cur rent is used, the power obtainable from the same size of motor with alternating current is much reduced compared with that obtainable with direct ourrcnt. Likewise by reason of various electromagnetic actions and interactions occur-cinewith the use of alternating current supply, the sparking at the bushes is much more severe and injurious than with direct current. '1' have found that by my improved construction of armature 'and stator, the relationship of the parts gives a coordination and interaction which overcomes all of the diilicnlties above referred to when alternating current is used. giving a motor of satisfactory power and eiiiciency at high power factor and also avoiding serious sparking at the brushes.

My invention will be understood from the following description and accompanying drawings, whereinutilized. The field magnetic element is divided into the same number of sections 'as there are poles, the separate sections being designated 1", 1", 1 and 1 each section being made up of laminae to the desired de th of the form shown havin teeth 2 an a large central opening 3. ach field section is spaced from adjoining sections and as shown is spaced about the width of a slot between the teeth. Each section is cut away at the outer corners, which tends to reduce the magnetic conductivity between adjoining sections. The four magnetic sections are of course suitably supported in a hous- 1ng or frame, preferably non-magnetic, to retain the relative positions shown.

The tecth at the end of each magnetic sec-' tion cooperate with the teeth at the end of an adjoining section to form a field pole; thus the field winding, which is distributed, is indicated as made up of three coils per pole, the number of turns per coil being .of a suitalblo number and of course much larger for this type of motor than the two tlu'ns indicated. this number being shown for convenience. Taking the upper left hand pole, the field winding is shown as starting at 4. the first field coil embracing three teeth of u'uignctic section 1 and three teeth of section 1. This coil is connected in series with the next coil. which embraces two teeth of section '1 and two teeth of sec tion I"; this coil is in turn connected in series with the inner coil which embraces one tooth oi oach adioiniug section. The next field coil similarly embraces the teeth of section 1 and 1 the direction of the current through the coils of this pole being reverse to that of the one just described and as indicated in the connections of Fig. 1. The remaining field poles are similarly wound, successive poles being wound to give alternate polarity. Although the three coils of each pole are described. as being concentric with each other, they may in some cases be of the same size and distributed and ovenlapping so as to each embrace the same number of teeth.

The armature is made up of laminae (if the form shown in Fig. 1 with teeth in uhsymmetric-al relation to the teeth of the field poles, the armature having 45 slots in this instance. The armature winding, "indicated in Fig. 2 is made up of two distinct win dings, one of higher and one of lower resistance, directly connected together at certain oints. One of the armature windings of igher resistance is connected as usual to the commutator, but the other winding, of lower resistance, is so connected to the first winding or to the commutator bars of the first winding that although the turns of the first winding are successively short-circuited by the brushes in the usual manner, yet no turns of the other armature winding are ever directly short-circuited b the brushes. A portion of the commutator is indicated at 5. In this instance the pitch of the windings is 1 to 12, and the connections of the winding of higher resistance will be understood by tracing a few of the turns. Starting from commutator bar 5 and following the upper conductor connected thereto upwardly, the turn passes through slot A, then downwardly to armature slot A" upwardly to commutator bar 5", then again through armature slot A downwardly to armature slot A", upwardly to commutator bar 5 and through slot A downwardly to slot A, upwardly to commutator bar 5' and to slot A and so on. Although two turns per coil of. this winding are indicated, for simplicity, it will be understood that the actual number used will be much greater for this type of motor and that the number of commutator bars connected at intermediate points of the coils of this winding may be varied to suit the articular requirements, the greater the num er of commutator bars used resulting in a less number of armature turns being shortcircuited at any given instance, as well understood by those skilled in the art. Taking now the other winding of the armature of lower resistance there are indicated for illustration four conductors of this winding in each slot spaced apart slightly, for clearness, from the four conductors of the first winding in the same slot. Taking the lower resistance winding and starting at commutator bar 5", for illustration, the conductor goes upwardly and then to the right through slot A then passes down to slot A thus having the same pitch as the winding first referred to, then passes upwardly to slot A and down to slot A, then up to slot A down to slot A and so on in a manner similar to the winding first described, except that the connection to the commutator bars is not like that of the first winding. The second winding will of course have a largcr number of turns per coil than shown in Fig. 2, but the resistance of this winding will be less than that of the winding first described. I have found that in practicc good results are obtained with the size of the second winding about double that of thc si'/.c of Win U; the first winding. Illcctrical connection is made between the two armature windings so that the bridging of adjoining commutator bars by a brush in the rotation of the armature Wlll successively short-circuit each set of turns of the first winding, but will never short circuit any set of turns or coils of the other winding. Thus, although the first winding has its successive sets of turns connected directly to the commutator bars, the other winding is shown connected to the first so that there are a plurality of commutator bars to which the second winding is not connected. excepting indirectly through the turns of the first winding. bus the connections of both windings to commiitator bar 5 gives a cross connection between the windings at that point; another cross connection is made at commutator bar 5 and so on. Thus several sets of turns connected to commutator bars of the first winding intervene between the points at which it is connected to the second winding, these cross connections being of course similarly spaced as indicated in Fig. 2. It is thus apparent that if a circuit be followed from commutator bar 5 through the second winding, it will be found that several coils of the second winding are included between commutator bar 5 and the next connection of this second winding to the commutator. There is consequently no opportunity for the commutator brushes to directly short circuit any of the coils of the second winding and commutation of the current in the coils of the second winding is never obtained by direct short circuit of its coils, but only by including in circuit therewith one or more coils of thc first winding.

In Fig. 2, the intcr-conncction between the two windings is shown and described as being made at the (Oll'llllllttltfil' bars. In some cases cross connections may be made between the two windings at other points and this may be found more desirable in some instances. Fig. 3 shows the same winding as indicated in Fig. 2, but the direct connections of the lowcr resistance winding to the commutator bars arc omitted and cross conncctions arc made bet ween the two windings, in this case at the end of thc armature which is opposite the commutator cud. Thus from point W of thc lowcr resistance winding a cross connection is made to point (1" of thc higher resistance winding: another cross connection is made from point. 15 of the lower rcsistancc winding to point 6 of the higher rcsistuncc winding. Similarly additional cross conncctions would be made at corrcspoiuling points around the armature. ln this cnsc there is no dircct connection of the lowcr resistance winding to the commutator bars and thcrc is no opportunity of a brush dircctly short circuiting any coil of the low rcsistnncc winding. some portion of the higher resistance winding bcing always iucludcd in thc circuit of thc connection between the low resistance winding and the commutator bars. The number of cross connections used may be made at as many inta as desired to suit the requirements 0 each particular case. For example, in this instance, a cross connection is shown at corresponding points in every third rotor slot, but in some cases a at corresponding points in a greater or lesser number of slots.

Returning to the remaining windings of the stator, each magnet'c field section 1, 1", 1 and 1' 1S similarl und with short-circuited'wilidings. In one slot nearest one end of section 1 is diagrammatically indicated a conductor 7", and in the corresponding slot at the other end of section 1' is indicated a conductor 7". ,These two conductors are closed on thqg'pfelves by and connections as diagrammatic}; ly indicated, the coil having a very low resistance and may be in bar or plate form to secure the low resistance. Isocated in the nearest adjoining slots of magnetic section 1' are conductors 8" and 8" which are similarly closed on themselves by end connections, this-coil similarly being of V low resistance. In the central open space 3 til -in the neutral position in re of the magnetic section 1 is located a plate 9 of low resistance and is shown as having outwardly extending ends 9', which may serve to conveniently hold the low resistance plate 9 in the position shown. There is thus provided a number of individually short circuited coils or conductors which are concentrically arranged.

Fig. 4 isa general diagram illustrating the circuit connections, the single phase source.

of mega being indicated at 10. The above descri armature-with its four brushes is indicated in general at 11 and is shown connected in series with the field windings 12 as already described. The low resistance plates 9 and low resistance conductors or coils 7 7", and 8", 8", are also indicated in a general way in Fi ii. The four commutator brushes are place so as to commute the current in the coils when the latter are approximately ation to the stator field.

In operation of the motor, the low resist ance closed circuited coils above described are directl in the path of the alternating magnetic ux created by the armature and consequentl resistance s ort circuited coils which tend is to oppose and neutralize the alternating magnetic flux set up by the armature.- These compensating coils and plate 9 being distributed concentrically and. located as shown in relation to the armature serve to efl'ectively fulfil their function in motors already constructed b me. The separated magnetic sections of t e field element also serve to decrease the strength of the magnetic flux created b the alternating current assing through t eezmature by reason of t e fact connection may be made currents are induced in the low that there is no direct ma netic path for the magnetic flux through t e stator between the adjoining magnetic les of the armature, the sub-division of t e magnetic laminae of the stator in the manner above described serving to introduce air spaces of high reluctance in the path of t e magnetic 'fiux created b the armature.

It will undertsood that when the armature coils are in the neutral position and indirect connection with the brushes through the commutator bars, they are in'positionto embrace the full strength of the ma field created by the stator field win ing's' consequently by reason of the alternations oi the supply current, the coils in the neutral position are sub'ected to intense and rapid alternations o magnetic flux assing through them and b reason thereo there is a tendenc to in uce strong alternating currents int c windings when in the-neutra position. With the construction above de-. scribed, the winding having its sets of turns successively connected to adjoining commutater bars and desi ated above as the first armature winding, as its sets of turns successively. short circuited in the neutral position and the induced currents in this posietic tion' would be so large that sparking at the brushes would be excessive and vs objectionable, were it not for the fact at this winding is made of comparatively high resistance. By reason ofthis high resistancei the ind'ueedcurrents in the short circuits coils are not permitted to attain suflicient magnitude to give objectionable sparking. But if such; a high resistance winding alone were used, the motor would be of low as efiicient, as is deslrcapacity and not be ab the provision of the e; consequently ail-mature windin second winding 0 lower resistance very materially' raises the capacity and efllciency of the motor and likewise by reason of the interconnections between the windings above above referred to as the ments of the actions and interactions which are in themselves very complex and diflicult to analyze. The result of the construction has, however, proved in practice-to give an alternating current motor of this type of large capacity, high efiiciency in starting and runnin a high ower factor and freedom from o jectionab e sparking. Although I have described my invention in its preferred form, yet various modifications may be made therein without depart ing from the scope of my invention.

I claim 1. An alternating current motor having in combination a distributed field winding, distributed low resistance conductors on the fiel element short-circuited in a plurality of l cal circuits, and an armature having a winding distributed on its core connected to all the bars of said commutator and also having a winding distributed on its core connected to said first named winding at a less number of points than there are commutator bars.

2. An alternating current motor having in combination a magnetic field element divided into separate magnetic sections circumferentially, a distributed field winding thereon, low resistance short circuited conductors on said separated sections, and an armature having a winding distributed on its core connected to all the bars of said commutator and also having a winding distributed on its core connected to said first named winding at a less number of points than there are commutator bars.

3. An alternating current motor having in combination a magnetic field element divided into separate magnetic sections circumferentially, a distributed field winding having the windings creating each pole located upon adjacent rtions of said sections closed circuited con ti ctors located on an confined to each of said sections respectively, and an armature of the commutator type. An altermrti current motor havin in combination a magnetic field element (11- vided into separate magnetic sections circumferentially, a distributed field winding having the windings creating each pole located upon adjacent portions of said sections, closed circuited conductors located on and distributed over and confinedto each of said sections respectively, and an armature of the commutator type.

5. An alternating current motor having in combination a field element divided magnetically in sections in a circumferential direction, a distributed field winding, a plurality of distributed closed circuited conductors concentric with each other on said sections respectively, and an armature of the commutator type.

6. An alternatin current motor having in combination a fie (1 element divided magnetically in sections in a, circumferential direction, a distributed field windin a plurality of'distributed closed circuite low re sistance coils concentric with each other 011'" said sections respectively, and an armature of the commutator type.

JAMES BURKE. 

